11-letter words containing r, w, y
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- waywardness — The quality of being wayward.
- wearability — the durability of clothing under normal wear.
- wearisomely — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- werewolfery — the condition of being a werewolf
- wheat berry — the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.
- where away? — in what direction?
- whigmaleery — whigmaleerie.
- whirlybirds — Plural form of whirlybird.
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- whydah bird — any of various predominantly black African weaverbirds of the genus Vidua and related genera, the males of which grow very long tail feathers in the breeding season
- wild celery — tape grass.
- wild turkey — the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1).
- wind energy — wind power.
- windbaggery — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- winterberry — any of several North American hollies of the genus Ilex, having red berries that are persistent through the winter.
- winterishly — In a way that is characteristic of winter.
- wire agency — a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
- wither away — weaken and die
- witheringly — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- wonderberry — the black, edible fruit of an improved garden variety of the black nightshade.
- wonderfully — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wonderingly — In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
- woolly bear — the caterpillar of any of several moths, as a tiger moth, having a dense coat of woolly hairs.
- woolly worm — woolly bear.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- worrisomely — In a worrisome way.
- worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension.
- worthlessly — In a worthless manner.
- wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.
- yawl-rigged — rigged in the manner of a yawl.
- yellow card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yellow race — the Mongoloid group of mankind
- yellow rain — small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.
- yellow rust — stripe rust.
- yellow-card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yellowcress — Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.